Political Activism
Wheeldon was a socialist and a member of the Socialist Labour Party (SLP) in Britain. She and her daughters, who shared her feminist political views, also joined the No-Conscription Fellowship (NCF). She was also active in the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) until the outbreak of the First World War when she disagreed with the WSPU's strong support for the war. With her family, including her daughters Hettie and Winnie and son Willie, Wheeldon became involved in opposition to World War I.
The Wheeldon family sheltered young men fleeing conscription in Derby where Alice supported herself by selling secondhand clothes from her house in Pear Tree Road in Derby.
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